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REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS,
VOL. 46,
RG3003,
21 PP., 2008
doi:10.1029/2006RG000215
Recent advances in modeling swash zone dynamics: Influence of surf-swash interaction on nearshore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics
Istituto di Idraulica e Infrastrutture Viarie, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Division of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The role of the swash zone in influencing the whole nearshore dynamics is reviewed with a focus on the interaction between surf and swash zone processes. Local and global hydromorphodynamic phenomena are discussed in detail, and a description of the overall swash zone operation is given. The effects of swash zone boundary conditions are highlighted, together with the importance of surf zone boundary conditions. Major emphasis is placed on illustrating the interactions of various hydrodynamic modes which, in turn, control the swash and surf zone morphology. Finally, methods to account for swash zone processes in coastal models with different temporal and spatial resolutions are proposed.
Received 12 October 2006; accepted 17 January 2008; published 29 July 2008.
Citation: (2008), Recent advances in modeling swash zone dynamics: Influence of surf-swash interaction on nearshore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics, Rev. Geophys., 46, RG3003, doi:10.1029/2006RG000215.
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